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Hi,
Wondering if anyone had some hands on experience in breeding Crested Society Finches?
I recently purchased three crested Societies and another Non-crested.
I believe from behaviour it is likely that the three crested finches are males and the non crested is a female.
I have read that the Gene for Crested is Co-Dominant and was wondering if anyone had bred crested to non crested and if so what the result was, being co-dominant am I right to think that a single factor crested finch will show some crest but less prominent than a double factor?
I just love the crests on these guys and would love to breed some more

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Regards
Alaska

I have a pair of societies but they're not crested, so can't offer any advice on them.

I keep a non-breeding flight so don't provide nests. Those societies stacked in a nest remind me of the contests they used to have way back, to see how many people could fit into a phone booth! Great birds... you gotta love 'em!

Hi Alaska,

You only need to have one society in a breeding pair that is crested to produce crested babies - which is what I usually do.

Occasionally I have breed crested to crested and I can't say that the crests on the chicks were any better. But I did notice that I would occasionally get a double crested bird.

I love the crested society finches too - they are one of my favorites!!

Thanks for the info
TammyS what do you mean by double crested? Do you have any pic of this?
Regards
Alaska

Hi Alaska,

Went throught my pics and and I can't find any that really show the double crest.

The birds have the normal crest on the top of their head and then they have a second crest right behind the first crest, almost on the back of the head or top of the neck of the bird. This wasn't something I was attempting to reproduce in my birds, it just appears to be in one pairs genes.

Hmmm, this is interesting, I'll let you know if I have the same occurance.
My Societies have laid a single egg, didn't take them long at all ;)
Regards
Alaska

when breeding crest you bred crest to noncrest.
you can not breed crest with crest baby's will be bald if you do that.
baby's beening crest is 50% and 50% beening noncrest.


right now i have crest female and noncrest male. first nest all baby's noncrest, 2nd nest noncrest baby's and 3rd nest 3 crest 1 noncrest
i hope this helps some